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Bergen County · Borough · 07652

Paramus, New Jersey

Bergen County’s dominant retail and healthcare center, combining suburban neighborhoods with three major malls, Routes 4 and 17, Valley Hospital, Bergen Community College and extensive county recreation.

This full flagship guide connects history, schools, parks, business geography, transportation and community resources.

Paramus at a glance

Borough offices: 1 West Jockish Square · Paramus, NJ 07652.

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History

1922Borough incorporation

Paramus was incorporated from portions of Midland Township and rapidly shifted from agricultural land to suburbia.

1950sRetail transformation

Garden State Plaza and highway retail established Paramus as a regional shopping center.

1960s–todayMall era expands

Paramus Park, Bergen Town Center and Route 17 development made the borough one of the nation’s most concentrated retail markets.

2026Town-center transformation

Westfield Garden State Plaza broke ground on a mixed-use residential/town-green project that will reshape part of the mall property.

Business geography

Route 17

major retail, automotive, furniture, hospitality and commercial corridor

Route 4

Bergen Town Center, offices, retail and access toward Hackensack/Fort Lee

Garden State Plaza / Paramus Park

super-regional shopping districts

Century Road / Forest Avenue

civic, school, library and neighborhood commercial areas

Parks & recreation

Van Saun County Park and Bergen County Zoo

Current Paramus resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Sirianni Park

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Paramus Municipal Pool and recreation facilities

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Paramus Golf Course

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Petruska Park and neighborhood fields

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Schools

Paramus High School

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East Brook Middle School

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West Brook Middle School

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Ridge Ranch Elementary School

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Parkway Elementary School

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Memorial Elementary School

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Midland Elementary School

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Stony Lane Elementary School

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Paramus Public Library

116 East Century Road (Main Library) · 239 East Midland Avenue (Reid Branch) · Public library and community resource.

Transportation

NJ TRANSIT buses serve Routes 4, 17, malls and New York-oriented corridors

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Garden State Parkway, Routes 4 and 17 provide major highway access

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No passenger rail station operates in Paramus; nearby stations include Ridgewood, River Edge and Fair Lawn

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Places of worship, cemetery & funeral resources

Places of worship

Our Lady of the Visitation Roman Catholic Church

Current Paramus resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Church of the Annunciation

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Paramus Bible Church

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Bethany Church

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Temple Avodat Shalom and other nearby Jewish communities

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Cemetery / memorial context

George Washington Memorial Park is a major cemetery and memorial park located in Paramus.

Funeral homes serving Paramus

Vander Plaat Memorial Home — Paramus

Current Paramus resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Robert Schoem’s Menorah Chapel — Paramus

Current Paramus resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Borough government

Official websiteDepartments, meetings, forms, taxes and notices.2026 calendarVerify meetings, recreation and events.Resident servicesBuilding, clerk, tax, recreation and public safety.

Nearby communities

Ridgewood

Current Paramus resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

River Edge

Current Paramus resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Rochelle Park

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Fair Lawn

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Maywood

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Hackensack

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Oradell

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